Scabbard.



H. P. MAXIM.

scABARD.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 20. 19|?.

Patented Aug', 20, i918.

Z'HVEH fr 'entren sierras .aan o FFiCiil HIRAM PERCY MAXIM, OF HARTFORD,CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR I'O THE MAXIM SILENCER COMPANY, OF HARTFORD,CGNNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF CON- NECTICUT;

SGABBARID.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Ang. 20, 1918.

To ZZ wia/0m t may concern.'

Be it known that l, Hman Pintor MAXIM,

a citizen of the United States, residing aty Hart-ford, in the county ofHartford and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Scabbards, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to scabbards. Recently there has been a change inFederal equipment` the result being that it is cxceedingly dicult, ifnot virtually impossible, to suspend a British scabbard from a UnitedStates belt. The fundamental purpose of the invention is the provisionof means of a simple and effective character by which such a scabbardcan be attached to the belt at present in use in this country and aseasily separated, the invention more especially residing in the way inwhich the supporting hook is operatively associated with the scabbard,this hook being capable of detachable connection with the belt.

In the drawings accompanying and forniing part of the presentspecification I have shown in detail a convenient form of einbodiment ofthe invention which to enable those skilled in the art to practice thesame will be set forth fully in the following description. Obviously Ido not restrict myself to this particular disclosure; I may departtherefrom in several particulars within the scope of the inventiondefined by the claims following said description.

Referring to said drawings:

Figures l and 2 are longitudinal views of the scabbard as seen atpractically 1ight angles from each other.

Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

Like characters refer to like throughout the several views.

The scabbard is denoted by Q, and its body may be of any desirableshape. That shown is practically the standard at present in use in GreatBritain, being in the form of an elongated sleeve longitudinallytapering7 open at one end and closed at the other. It may be of allmetal or of composite form. From this as is inferred the scabbard mayvary within reasonable limits.

A scabbard such as that concisely described is generally suspended froma belt, and as will be understood the present scabbard is not very welladapted for proper parts connection with a United States belt, and myfundamental purpose is to obviate this obstacle and provide in a simpleway for the ready connection and disconnection of the scabbard with sucha belt or analogous part. The scabbard on one side externally thereof,and near the open end, is provided fith a block 3. This block may beconnected rigidly with the scabbard in any desirable manner. It may bebrazed, riveted in place, or it can be spot welded. This block 3 shownis furnished with projections7 studs or rivets si spaced apart andextending from the outer flat face of the blocl or equivalent body 3. Asillustrated the block is of rectangular form, and its inner surface iscurved to conform to the external surface of the rear wall of themetallic upper part of the scabbard. The rivets i in the present caseare integral with the bloclt 3. From this as will be obvious, the blockand the rivets can be easily manufactured; in fact I have obtained themproperly by dropping or drop forging. After a part made up of the blockand the proj ecting rivets is produced, it can be tumbled if necessaryto remove any slight surface imperfections and thereafter the exposedsurface of the block can be milled to smooth the same off around thebases of the two rivets. This block 3 presents i effect a relativelystationary member of a clamp, the movable clamping member being in theform of a washer as 5 which can be cut from sheet stock and which hasperforations 6. These perforations are adapted to receive the rivets 4.The means by which the scabbard is suspended from a belt or the likeinvolves a tab as 7. This tab is made for example from a necessarylength of leather folded or doubled on itself to present a loop andhaving two sets of registering perforations 8 which receive the rivetsl. one portion of the tab, as will be clear, lying flatwise against theflat face of the block 3 and the other portion of the tab beingsuperimposed upon the complemental part. After the tab is in assembledrelation with the rivets 4, the rectangular washer is applied by passingthe integral rivets 4 through the perforations 6 at which point therivets are headed over so as to firmly and substantially clamp theparts. The free end of the tab 7 may have an eye 9 to reeeive thesupporting heel; lO, the h oolc hen ing atlapterl to engage the welt 0rother proper part.

rthere is tleeitleti advantage in providing a plurality et projeetions,stiuls or rivets` as Li projecting troni a bleek as i3, in that when therivets extend, through a tab as i, the iatter is effertnal'jf preventedtroni vvanbling or laving side motion an objection to the presentstructure. it also an atlvantage that the heads otf the saint projecHtiene or rivets shealtl he spun over;l and this l ain enahletl to ilo hvproviding a plnralit' ot such projections er rivets. B v having severalot rhein i can heatl thein over in an eii'ective and aeen 'ate manner.and tlnie Serin-elyrv retain the plate, ivasher or etpiivalent part inproper posititn'i as Well as assuring the saine result with the tali T.

lt ivill he notieerl that the projections. rivets or stints i are iniine transvereel)v ot the scahbartl. This in itselt' is, a quite ile-\iaole \va v ot accomplishing the object l it etlieetnallv provides; aineana` for velg; preventing lateral niotion of the T it ivill he alsoobserved that these ieetions or rivete` lr are spaeerl a greater ancethan the interval lietiveen either ot them anll the enti oit the hloelr.virtue '1* ot this point i an \asil v enter a dressing tool between therivetsA er projections so ais to insure the smoothing et the entersurface ot the l'iloelt.

2r Sealiharrl provitlerl with a metallic np per portion anni alsoprovided vvith an approxiinatel)7 rectangular bloeit, the inner surfaceof which is curved to contorni to the external surface ot the lnetallieupper portion ot the scahbartl, the block having a iiat outer face anrlalso having a plnralit1 ot rivets extending rigidly troni said tlattare, the rivets being in alineinent trans:- versellv ot the seabharrland the distance between thein being greater than the (liet-ancelietiveen either rivet and the entl ot the hleel, a tali tlonblecl onitseit' andL titteil against the outer tace ot the bloeit, the branchesot the tab having tranisverse perlnations to receive the respectiverivets,

anvil' a plate littecl against the doubled over portion ot the tali andhaving pertorations in alineinent` t ansverselv ot' the scabharil toreceive the respective rivets, the latter heing heatleil over the plate.

ln teetinionjv ivheree" l a'iiix in v signature in the presence ot' tivoivitneeses.

Hrirr PERCY MHM.

llitnesses 1 il. Si. Farini?? 1W. H. Harerirn.

